Egypt
- Seventy Egyptian Artefacts Found In Illegal Possession Are Authenticated
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The archaeological committee of the central administration for confiscated antiquities, led by Youssef Khalifa, verified the authenticity of a collection of ancient Egyptian objects that were found in the possession of three...
- More On The Looting At El-hibeh
Past Horizons With a lot of photographs showing some of the damage. El Hibeh archaeological site on the east bank of the Nile lies in a particularly impoverished area of Egypt, three hour’s drive south of Cairo. For the past 9 months a gang has...
- Illegal Digging At Beheira
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Today the Delta city of Beheira woke to the roar of bulldozers and trucks digging 35 feddans of Al-Qalaya archaeological site. The Antiquities and Tourism Police went to the site and surrounded it in order to stop those digging...
- Recovery Of Items From Qantara East
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Bronze coins and clay vessels stolen from the Qantara East archaeological magazines were recovered. Following archaeological investigations, a committee from the ministry of state for antiquities (MSA) approved the authenticity...
- Lahun Excavation Is Shut Down
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Hopefully further information will emerge to clarify the situation. Excavations at the Lahoun archaeological site in Fayoum have been halted due to negligence of the excavators The Permanent Committee of Egyptian Antiquities...
Egypt
Archaeological committee to inspect the looted El-Hibeh site
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
An archaeological committee from the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) embarked today on an inspection tour at the El-Hibeh archaeological site in Beni Suef, as well as other sites that were subjected to looting after the 2011 revolution.
Abdel-Hamid Maarouf, head of the ancient Egyptian antiquities department and head of the committee, told Ahram Online that the tour includes the El-Hibeh and Ehnasia sites in Beni Suef and Dahshour in Giza. The committee aims to check the losses as well as tighten security measures at the sites.
On 25 March, Ahram Online published an article about a new Facebook page launched by well-known American archeologist Carol Redmount, which aimed to rescue the El-Hibeh archaeological site. The site is considered to be crucial for understanding ancient Egyptian history, as it is the least disturbed city mound from the third intermediate period (1070BC - 664BC).
- Seventy Egyptian Artefacts Found In Illegal Possession Are Authenticated
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The archaeological committee of the central administration for confiscated antiquities, led by Youssef Khalifa, verified the authenticity of a collection of ancient Egyptian objects that were found in the possession of three...
- More On The Looting At El-hibeh
Past Horizons With a lot of photographs showing some of the damage. El Hibeh archaeological site on the east bank of the Nile lies in a particularly impoverished area of Egypt, three hour’s drive south of Cairo. For the past 9 months a gang has...
- Illegal Digging At Beheira
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Today the Delta city of Beheira woke to the roar of bulldozers and trucks digging 35 feddans of Al-Qalaya archaeological site. The Antiquities and Tourism Police went to the site and surrounded it in order to stop those digging...
- Recovery Of Items From Qantara East
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Bronze coins and clay vessels stolen from the Qantara East archaeological magazines were recovered. Following archaeological investigations, a committee from the ministry of state for antiquities (MSA) approved the authenticity...
- Lahun Excavation Is Shut Down
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Hopefully further information will emerge to clarify the situation. Excavations at the Lahoun archaeological site in Fayoum have been halted due to negligence of the excavators The Permanent Committee of Egyptian Antiquities...